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Where Will
Our FrogsLive
Level 2
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The ProblemWe have some tadpoles coming soon and
nowhere for them to live!!
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The TaskYou will work in groups of 5 or 6
people.
Groups are to be mixed. (No all boyor all girl groups).
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The TaskYou will need to assign a group leader who
will be responsible for talking with theteacher and who will be
the spokesperson
for reporting your findings.
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The Task You will need to read through the design
brief.
Remember to follow the four phases ofthe technology design
process.
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The Task
Evaluate
Investigate
DesignProduce
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The Task You have 2 weeks or 2 hours of class time
to complete the task.
Your group must be ready to present theirfindings at the end of
this time.
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Investigate Brainstorm in your groups to find out what
you already know about frogs and write itall down in a
journal.
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Investigate Think about how they live, what they eat
and how you should handle frogs.
What items will you put into the frogenclosure?
E.g. rocks, wood, plants
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Investigate
Use the library, internet or books in theclassroom to find out
more about frogs.
Suggested sites:Amphibian Research Center
Frogs Australia
Melbourne Zoo - World of Frogs
http://frogs.org.au/http://frogsaustralia.net.au/http://www.zoo.org.au/area_page.cfm?area_id=26&zoo_id=1http://www.zoo.org.au/area_page.cfm?area_id=26&zoo_id=1http://www.zoo.org.au/area_page.cfm?area_id=26&zoo_id=1http://www.zoo.org.au/area_page.cfm?area_id=26&zoo_id=1http://www.zoo.org.au/area_page.cfm?area_id=26&zoo_id=1http://frogsaustralia.net.au/http://frogs.org.au/
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Design Draw a design of the frog enclosure and
include all the items you will put into it.
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Design Things to consider:
Does it all fit?
Is there room for the frogs to movearound?
Is there enough water or is there too
much?
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Produce Your group will collect the frog tank from
your teacher.
Your group will then work together to addthe items to the
enclosure.
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Produce Does it all fit as planned?
Does it match the design?
When your group is happy with the layout,you may add water to
the tank.
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Evaluate Your group leader will present the finished
frog habitat to the rest of the class.
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Evaluate You will need to explain the items you put
in and why they were included.
Explain why your group chose thatparticular layout.
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Evaluate Reflect on how effective your enclosure
will be for frogs and tadpoles.
Ask the rest of the class what they think.
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EnjoyEnjoy watching your tadpoles grow into frogs!
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VELS
Learning FocusStudents enquire about and question their world,
offering ideas andsuggestions based upon their experience of
working with materials/ingredientsand systems components.Students
develop basic design ideas based on their experiences of
workingwith materials/ingredients and components. They talk about
their design ideasand thought processes and start to represent
these visually by using models,pictures and words.
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VELS
StandardsStandards for assessing and reporting on student
achievement areintroduced at Level 3. The learning focus statements
for Levels 1 and2 provide advice about learning experiences that
will assist
students to work towards the achievement of the standards at
Level 3.
